Oman weather: Electricity restored in North, South Al Batinah governorates, says APSR
By: Times News Service
Muscat: The Authority for Public Services Regulation (APSR) has confirmed that it has restored electricity in North and South Al Batinah Governorates following the outage due to heavy rains.
A statement issued online by APSR said : The authority is following up the work carried out by the electricity companies and their technical teams to restore electricity to the areas affected by the thunderstorm that affected some of the wilayats of the governorates of North and South Al Batinah. As a result of the efforts made by all the concerned authorities, a large proportion of the damaged networks have been repaired. However, restoring the electrical current in some areas may require a longer time due to the severe damage caused to some parts of the electrical network.
By: Times News Service
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Muscat: The Authority for Public Services Regulation organized a workshop on light bulbs and lighting technologies.
A statement online issued by the Authority for Public Services Regulation said: ” The authority organized a workshop on the first of April 2021 for companies in the manufacture, distribution and retail sale of general lighting lamps in the Sultanate, on the subject of light bulbs and lighting technologies. The workshop is part of the authority s efforts to formulate a national policy to start phasing out ineffective lights in terms of energy. As well as to adopt a program to implement the development of necessary regulations that would limit the manufacture, import, or sale of ineffective public lighting lamps in the Sultanate. A number of companies attended the virtual workshop which provided them with an overview of the phasing out of inefficient lighting initiative.”
Over 10,000 jobs provided in three months: Ministry
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Over 10, 000 job opportunities (10,196) were provided during the first quarter of this year, which is 31.6 percent of the numbers targeted by the Ministery of Labour for 2021.
This achievement is due to various measures taken by the Ministry of Labor to fulfill what it had committed to in its executive plan announced in January this year.
The report said 4,051 job opportunities were presented in the units of the state’s administrative apparatus, including replacements.- 1,330 in the Ministry of Health, 2,469 in the Ministry of Education, 115 in the Ministry of Higher Education, Scientific Research and Innovation, 92 at the University of Technology and Applied Sciences and other institutions.
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Oman to install nearly 1.2 million smart electricity meters
MUSCAT, 6 days ago As many as 1.2 million smart electricity meters will be installed in a phased manner across Oman as part of efforts to upgrade power supply services to consumers. According to Hilal bin Mohammed al Ghaithi, Director-General of Customer Affairs at the Authority for Public Services Regulation (APSR), the roll-out is planned over the next five years, an Oman Observer report said. “This is in line with the objectives set out in Oman Vision 2040, which aims to align Oman’s modernisation with global trends, notably through the deployment of technology to deliver effective and efficient electricity services.